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Game #3812

Saturday, 5 May 1984

Attendance: 17,393

Won

Division One

8th= (-)

West Ham United

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Upton Park

Villa record a third successive win as a strong attacking performance and fine goalkeeping display from former Hammers 'keeper Mervyn Day clinch the points to keep Tony Barton's side 8th in the first division table with two games left to play.

West Ham United

0-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Peter Withe | 19' |

KEY MAN

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

⚽ | 19’ Goal, 1-0, Dennis Mortimer, Assist by Peter Withe
🕒 | HT West Ham United 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | Sub off, Mark Walters, Sub on, Ray Walker
🕒 | West Ham United 0-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Tony Barton's Villa win a third successive game to climb to eighth in the table and make it seventeen wins, nine draws and fourteen defeats in forty League games this season.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

West Ham United

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #53
League Match: #40
Manager Game: #135
Saturday, 5 May 1984

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kettering, 1978-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kettering, 1978-1995
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 20 November 1982, Villa 2-1 Manchester United, Villa Park.
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

West Ham United

None

TEAM NEWS

Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.59 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.70 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.94 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

John Lyall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Mervyn Day | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
CB Steve Foster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

West Ham United

GK Phil Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Hilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Orr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Steve Walford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Trevor Brooking | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Geoff Pike | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Bonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Swindlehurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Cottee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Ray Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CF Paul Goddard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES